Tennessee Lawmakers Want To Roll Back A-F School Grades Before They’ve Been Given

March 20, 2017GRACE TATTER chalkbeat

Just a year after deciding that every school should get a single letter grade, Tennessee lawmakers are poised to take it back.

Last year, a bill requiring all schools to get an A-F grade starting in 2018 sailed through the legislature. Supporters said parents needed an easy tool to understand how their child’s school was performing, even as critics — including many educators — argued that school quality can’t easily be summed up by a single letter grade.